Reinhold Schünzel was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite being of Jewish ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he eventually left in 1937 to live abroad.
The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and starring Marija Leiko, Paul Wegener and Reinhold Schünzel. It premiered in Berlin on 13 February 1923.
Column X is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Schünzel, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur and Grete Reinwald. The film attempted to imitate the style of American crime films, switched to a German setting.
The Girl Irene is a 1936 German drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Lil Dagover, Sabine Peters and Geraldine Katt. The widowed mother of a middle class family falls in love, provoking the jealousy of her daughter.
Land of Love is a 1937 German romance film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Albert Matterstock, Gusti Huber and Valerie von Martens. Although Schünzel was Jewish he had been allowed to continue directing films in Germany after the Nazi takeover. However, this film faced objections from the censors and from Joseph Goebbels. It was briefly shown and then disappeared from cinemas. It was Schünzel's final German film as director, and he went into exile shortly afterwards.
Hello Caesar! is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Schünzel, Mary Nolan, and Wilhelm Diegelmann. It is partly set in the spa town of Karlsbad in Czechoslovakia.
The Imaginary Baron is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Reinhold Schünzel and Marlene Dietrich. It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Stern.
Love in the Ring is a 1930 German sports film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Max Schmeling, Renate Müller, and Olga Tschechowa. Schmeling was a leading German boxer of the 1930s, and the film attempted to capitalise on this. Schmeling later appeared in another boxing-themed film in Knockout (1935).
The Elegant Bunch is a 1925 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Mary Odette, and Ralph Arthur Roberts.
The Marriage Swindler (German:Heiratsschwindler) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Käthe Haack and Evi Eva.
The Apache of Marseilles is a 1919 German silent thriller film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Max Landa, Hanni Weisse, and Reinhold Schünzel.
Battle of the Butterflies is a 1924 German silent film directed by Franz Eckstein and starring Asta Nielsen, Reinhold Schünzel and Hans Brausewetter. It is based on a play by Hermann Sudermann.
We'll Meet Again at Home is a 1926 German silent film directed by Leo Mittler and Reinhold Schünzel. It shares its name with a popular song title.
Tea Time in the Ackerstrasse is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Mary Nolan and Fritz Kampers.
Marriage in Small Doses is a 1939 German musical comedy film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Leny Marenbach, Johannes Riemann, and Ralph Arthur Roberts. It was based on a play, which was also turned into a Swedish film Variety Is the Spice of Life the same year.
The Chameleon is a 1920 silent comedy film directed by Carl Hagen and starring Max Landa, Reinhold Schünzel, and Hanni Weisse. It was shot in Vienna.
Money in the Streets is a 1922 Austrian-German silent drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Liane Haid, Liesl Stillmark and Max Ralph-Ostermann.
The Story of a Maid is a 1921 Austrian-German silent drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Liane Haid, Otto Tressler and Erika Glässner. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
The Bandits of Asnières is a 1920 German silent crime film directed by Karl Mueller-Hagens and starring Max Landa, Reinhold Schünzel and Hilde Wörner.
Mary Magdalene is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Eduard von Winterstein, Ilka Grüning and Lucie Höflich.
